SWBAT make an attractive brochure that describes the setting of the novel, with use of pictures and written
description from the novel, as well as attracts others to visit this destination.
BROCHURE ASSIGNMENT
Youre assignment consists of making a brochure for the town or place at which the novel is set in. Choose 1 of the following three novels we have read thus far in the semester. Think of this assignment as being your job as an advertiser to attract as many tourists to your chosen destination/setting as possible! Youre brochure must contain pictures with captions that draw the traveler in at which makes them want to research deeper into that destination. Along with the use of sufficient photos, you must write descriptions of the area. Feel free to be creative with this. You may add extra descriptions of the city if you feel they go with how the novel portrays the destination to accomplish more creativity! (I would make my own brochure and pass it around the class for my students to refer to as a good example) Novels to choose from: The Great Gatsby Lord of the Flies Brave New World
CATEGORY Use of Textual Evidence
4 Text and photos fully reflect on the information/des cription of the destination in the novel.
3 Text and photos reflect on the information/des cription of the destination in the novel, yet some information/pho tos are not backed by the novel. Almost all sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. It title makes evident, for the most part, what each page is going to consist of. There are 1-3 grammatical mistakes in the brochure. The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information. Time put in is apparent, yet could have been neater.
2 Text and photos barely reflect on the information/des cription of the destination in the novel.
1 Text and photos do not reflect on the information/desc ription of the destination in the novel.
Writing Organization
Each section in the brochure has a clear beginning, middle, and end. It title makes evident what each page is going to consist of. There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure. The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information. Time put in is apparent.
Most sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. Its title barely describes what the page will consist of.
Less than half of the sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. Its title does not make evident what each page is going to consist of. There are several grammatical mistakes in the brochure. The brochure\'s formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader. Time put in is not apparent.
Writing Grammar
There are 3-5 grammatical mistakes in the brochure. The brochure has wellorganized information. Time put in as barely apparent.
Attractiveness, Organization, & Creativity
Graphics/Pictures Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.
Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.
Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems \"textheavy\".
Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.
Captions
Captions describe the picture fully that involve information directly from the text.
Captions describe the picture fully that involve information directly from the text.
Captions describe the picture fully that involve information directly from the text.
Captions do not describe the picture fully that involve information directly from the text.
M- writing, pictures/graphics, handout A- Travelers, classmates, me, you P- To attract people to the place/city you are writing about; to make people want to visit S- Students must make a brochure that make tourists desire to visit his or her chosen setting/destination.
